Some of the semps I got in the last year are proving to have some very pretty fall color. The ones I got this summer won't show me what they can do, until next year. Most are rooting nicely finally. It has been a particularly long drought season this year.
I just finished cleaning up all the beds again. I'm thinking about making four more. Not sure what is wrong with my thinking.

Pacific Devil's Food has unusual brown coloring year round. It goes from deep chocolate to this lighter brown, with undertones of orange and gold. You can see it has quite a bit of dead leaves from the drought.

Lynn, those are great pictures!
I have a few plants with a number of dead leaves after our own little unique interpretation of a drought. I've dug up a few to clean them off, pull the dead leaves and after they have dried put them back. Should I just leave them alone? I worry about all the rain we will be getting would rot those dead leaves too fast. Do you do anything to the dead leaves?

Our local morning news said we broke a record of the driest weather from July 1st to the end of September. Instead of 3.30" of rain, Portland only got .25" of rain during that 3 month period.
Most of my lawn is brown, I have tried to keep the shrubs and perennials watered enough to keep them alive. The semp beds have been watered maybe 4 times in the 3 months. That's why there is so many dead leaves.

Sherri, I completely agree with you on cleaning most of the dead leaves out for our growing conditions. A few dead leaves are not a problem, but this many would lead to a rot problem once our rainy season arrives.
I just finished weeding the semp beds and will now start the process of removing dead leaves. There are some varieties that have not a single dead leaf, like the Dynamo. Those are some truly tough semps, they take our long, very wet rainy season and drought, without any damage.